# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vivian-vance
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:41:32.045Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vivian-vance"
name: "Vivian Vance"
slug: "vivian-vance"
description: "Vivian Vance was an American actress best known for playing landlady Ethel Mertz on the sitcom I Love Lucy (1951–1957), for which she won the 1953 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress, among other accolades. She also starred alongside Lucille Ball in The Lucy Show from 1962 until she left the series at the end of its third season in 1965. In 1991, she posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She is most commonly identified as Lucille Ball’s longtime comedic foil from 1951 until her death in 1979."
tagline: "American actress (1909–1979)"
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gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1909-07-26"
deathDate: "1979-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump